Nursing Clinical Interview: Trina Ingalls

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The leader that I chose to interview is a coworker of mine. Her name is Trina Ingalls and she is a registered nurse and also has her MSN/ED credentials. She works in the nursing department with me, her title is the Director of Nursing Clinical Lab. I had a lot of leaders within my department to interview whom of which are all registered nurses that specialize in different areas within the nursing profession. I’m am privileged to be able to work with each and every one of them and to learn from them about the medical field.
During our interview I asked Trina the questions that were given to us. The questions and responses follow. The first question was how she became a leader. Her response was, “I became a leader the day I became a nurse.

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